BreakSpace Issue 3

 

BreakSpace : The ZX Spectrum Games Magazine

Issue 3 features a staggering 58 reviews of brand new games, including
Cubix
Runaway Nose
Travel Unlimited
Asymmetry 
and an exclusive review of Bubbleback!

Plus! 
Interview with Gabriele Amore
Features
Crossword
2 complete BASIC type-ins
Expert BASIC coding tips, 
and the triumphant return of Your Sinclair reviewing legend Phil South!

There are 2 files here : 
Standard contains the content presented as 2-page spreads, as if you're reading a magazine spread out on your lap in your favourite armchair. Recommended for PC / Tablet use.

The Phone-Friendly version is presented as single pages, as if you're reading a magazine folded over in half on a cramped bus. 

Source:https://breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-issue-3

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Sperrbildschirm (PET,C64,C128,Plus4)

Basic Puzzle Solving Game for Commodore Computers by ZieBieEmm

Game Info

Can you crack the code?

A strange new machine has arrived. Its glowing screen stays hidden behind mysterious barriers: shifting patterns, secret numbers, and even phantom fingerprints. Only the sharpest minds will discover how to break through.

Choose your challenge: Pattern or PIN. Each mode offers three escalating levels of difficulty, testing your memory, logic, and problem-solving skills. Every step closer feels like prying open a piece of future technology.

It may seem like science fiction, but the puzzle is real. The lockscreen awaits – do you dare to try?

• For Commodore PET, C64, C128, and Plus4 as well as C16
• Controls: WASD (recommended), Cursor Keys or Joystick Port 2 (C64)
• Written and tested in VICE Emulator Version 3.9
• Box Art Title Picture generated with starryai
• Box Blurb generated with ChatGPT

About

At first I only wanted to make a small Mastermind-like game. While I was working on that, I got the idea for the pattern puzzle. So basically, this is a collection of two different puzzle games.

Pro tip: Play each mode on "easy" a few times before moving on to the harder difficulties. 

Source: https://ziebieemm.itch.io/sperrbildschirm

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The Ludwig Mystify - Fering fersiuun -C64-

 by Sönke Wolfgramm

Esta aventura, para el C64, que creemos que se inició en el 94, tiene un nuevo lanzamiento en el que solo el problema idiomático puede restarle un ápice de interés:The Ludwig Mystify - Fering fersiuun -C64-

Descarga, aquí

Fuente:https://d42adventurefan.itch.io/the-ludwig-mystify-fering-fersiuun

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Operation Wolf (128k only) (km) (mod) -ZX Spectrum-

 

Made by Ocean Software Ltd'88

Release by Ars'96

Game type: English
General sound: Absent
Size in sectors: 365

Details:

+ Alternative AY Music & AY Sound Effects

+ Kempston Mouse

Source:https://vtrd.in/release.php?r=6e10dd04f54d6afcb1199e5001ef2eed

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QUEST FOR NOT FAT RASCALS -ZX Spectrum-

 by R-Tape

QUEST FOR NOT FAT RASCALS by R-Tape for ZX Spectrum 48K

This game take part in the CGC 2025

A crazy game based on something crazy, with crazy behaviour, all topped off with a dash of craziness.

Source: CRAP GAMES COMPETITION 2025

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CityCat: Prowl -C64-

 by politricity

A game where you play as a cat just walking through the city streets looking for adventure, interacting with the locals, getting into situations and just trying to find his way home: CityCat for C64.

• A nod to the 4:1 isometric ration rarely seen on C64
• full bespoke bitmaps, handcrafted in Backdrop designer and McDraw
• fully animated sprites with 8-way directional control created in Spred64

Download, here

Source:https://polytricity.itch.io/citycat-prowl

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Titan (bugfix) -ZX Spectrum-

 

Made by Titus'89

Release by Slider, tiboh'25

Game type: English

General sound: Absent

Size in sectors: 139

Details:

+ AY noise bugfix

+ Level's 43 bugfix

+ Russian instructions

+ Selectable in-game sound type - AY or Beeper

+ Special intro from Tiboh

Source: VTR-DOS

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MSXdev25 #12 Exo-Tical

 

Title: Exo-Tical

Genre: Exploration, Action, Adventure

Author(s): Roolandoo

Medium: ROM 48KB

Hardware requirements: MSX1

Exo-Tical is an action adventure game including minor puzzle elements with a sci-fi theme where you pilot a spaceship on an unexplored planet, with bright colorful graphics and challenging levels.

Get ready to save humanity one more time (yes, humans are living on Earth-3 by now) as the only planet that can hosts us now is Exo-Tical. All previous expeditions have failed and never returned… You really don’t want to go explore this planet full of dangers, but humanity has already exhausted the resources of the current planet, so there is really no other option. 

If only humans had learned to live sustainably you would not have to go on this mission, but it’s too late to lament it now. Get ready to explore this “exotical” place full of narrow spaces that require precise movement and hostile creatures that will crush you. A perfect holiday resort. At least you have checkpoints, so don’t forget to land on the pads.

As with any Roolandoo game, you know two things are going to happen. It is going to look good, and it is going to play hard. And Exo-Tical does both things perfectly.

Source: MSXDev25

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HyperSports -Commodore Amiga-

 by jotd666

Port of Konami Hyper Sports for Amiga

Download, here

Source:https://jotd666.itch.io/hypersports

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Dork Dave And The Dirty Trick (C16)

 by Misfit

Dave is a dork and he has to save the stupid princess. 

Dork Dave is a platformer game for Commodore16 machines.

Download, here

Source:https://misfit.itch.io/dork-dave-and-the-dirty-trick

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Chaotic Crazy Castle for Commodore AMIGA 500

 by Fourseasons

Chaotic Crazy Castle for Commodore AMIGA 500 is a platformer game programmed in just two weeks (and it shows!) by Alberto Sgaggero on the legendary Amiga 500 using AMOS BASIC.

In this game, you'll guide a little mage with a big hat on his quest for magical herbs that will allow him to brew a potion to make himself grow taller.

The game is inspired by the great 8-bit classics Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy by Matthew Smith.

Some graphical elements are also inspired by Castlevania by Nintendo.

Download, here

Source:https://fourseasons.itch.io/chaotic-crazy-castle-for-commodore-amiga-500

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LOPEZNO’S BACK -ZX Spectrum-

 by Ángel Lastre

Otro título más, para el Concurso Bytemaniacos, obra de Ángel Lastre, Lobezno¡s Back.

Lopezno está de vuelta en una misión que lo llevará al corazón de las ruinas de Genosha para encontrar a Dientes de Sable. Éste, ha robado un cargamento de AMIANTUM (metal pseudo-indestructible…) para recubrir a un ejército de cyborgs, «Los Cosechadores» y hacerlos indestructibles.

Un historia desternillante que hará las delicias de los fans del Basic Compilado.

Fuente: BYTEMANIACOS

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LYSERGIC MUSHROOMS DESIRE -ZX Spectrum-

 by Druida 8

Mas títulos que surgen al amparo del Concurso Bytemaniacos, como es el caso de Lysergic Mushrooms Desire, obra de Druida 8 y en la categoría de Basic Puro.

Esporaldo Fungali es un tipo raro. Al igual que “El Perseguidor”, de Julio Cortázar, siente que por momentos está cerca de atrapar el hilo de la cometa de La Verdad, y para ello se vale de la ingesta de hongos alucinógenos.

Fuente: Bytemaniacos

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MONK.CC -Game Boy Color-

 by biscuilocker

A Gameboy game created for Spooky 2D Jam '25 - theme "Doppelganger".

Very short and simple. I didn't have a lot of time and I spent most of it pushing pixels about!

Download, here

Source:https://biscuitlocker.itch.io/monkcc

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Ripple Coco -MSX2-

by michnpp 

Ripple Coco is an action game for the MSX2.

Take control of a rabbit girl and collect carrots using magical bubbles.

Source:https://pigmhall.itch.io/coco

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MAGIC ADVENTURES -ZX Spectrum-

 by Mansoft

Mansoft sigue a lo suyo, cosa que ha empezado con mucha fuerza, que es desarrollar fantásticos juegos para el ZX Spectrum, como es el caso de Magic Adventures, creado con el MPAGD de Jonathan Cauldwell.

La historia sitúa a Mordebruk, un poderoso mago que ha sufrido un percance al realizar un hechizo, y ha sido transportado a otro universo lleno de criaturas maléficas y peligros insospechados.

Necesita tu ayuda para poder escapar de todos los peligros y volver a su mundo.

Ayúdalo a encontrar el cáliz de poder, la cruz sagrada, la llave mágica y el pergamino con el hechizo, para abrir el portal mágico y volver al mundo que le corresponde.

Mordebruk puede lanzar bolas mágicas de energía. Cada vez que lance una bola, perderá magia y energía vital. La energía se va recuperando poco a poco, pero tanto una como otra, se puede recoger por los distintos parajes del mundo paralelo.

Descarga, aquí

Fuente:https://mansoft.itch.io/magic-adventures

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MUNCH TIME -ZX Spectrum-

 by Animated Alex

Munch Time is the new game, for ZX Spectrum, by Animated Alex

 

You've only one life to eat the dots . Watch  the time!!! Avoid centipedes and their poop.  If a centipede eats the poop or a dot more poop will appear, also as you venture through each screen more poop appears and the time decreases, a flashing T will appear if your time drops below 50, collect it to gain an extra time bonus.

Download, here

Source: https://animatedal.itch.io/munch-time 
 

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Cache of the Day (ASCII Fishing Sim)

 by ArcaneBinary

Cache of the Day (ASCII Fishing Sim)

Boot up and cast your line into a digital dock.

Uncover rare catches hidden deep in the data stream.

Every fish is a string of characters — literally.

The rarer the pattern, the higher the value.

Gameplay

• Move left and right along the dock (A / D)

• Cast or reel your line with Spacebar

• Time your catch in the ASCII reel-bar minigame

• Sell your fish, earn gold, and upgrade your pole

• Fill out your ASCIIDEX — can you discover all 80 species?

Features

• Over 80 unique ASCII fish across rarity tiers

• Dynamic weather — storms bring rarer catches

• Random events like bird flocks and eagle dives

• Upgrades and daily progression

• ASCIIDEX tracker showing caught vs. uncaught fish

• Retro BGM with adjustable in-game volume controls

• Full DOS-green CRT aesthetic and text-based charm

  Source:https://arcanebinary.itch.io/cache-of-the-day

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SPECCY SAGA, CODE NAME: RKW -ZX Spectrum-

 Shooter by MicroChops

 Speccy Saga, Code Name: RKW is a game for ZX Spectrum by MicroChops

The Story

Life couldn't be better for Speccy. After causing a sensation in the 80's his legacy has weathered the storm and he is now basking in the warm glow of a retro resurgence. He has become so popular that a movie is to be made  about his life and his impact on the world. Speccy beams with pride at the title of the upcoming move, and the new nickname bestowed upon him -  "The Rubber Keyed Wonder". It definitely gives off superhero vibes.

But Suddenly, a shadowy figure appears. It's the nefarious Evil A.Y. and his sinister sidekick, Sid. They have stolen every musical instrument on Earth and vanished into the twisted depths of their eerie 8-Bit dimension. Speccy knows what's at stake. without music this movie-and its moment of glory-will fall flat. It's time to act.

Hurry Speccy! Journey to this nightmarish pixelated lair and bring back all the musical instruments you can find. Help restore a banging soundtrack to your upcoming epic, or at the very least get game-players humming along to "In the Hall of the Mountain" like it's 1983 again.

Download, here

Source:https://chopz.itch.io/speccy-saga-code-name-rkw

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DISARRANGED DISCHARGE -PC, MAC & Linux-

platform shooter by plusup

Runtime creatures have invaded everything.

It doesn't really exists but some creatures can be beated with your disarranged discharged. Others must be smashed.

You can get your reward while do your job.

Items to healing and ammo are inside the wooden boxes. Use them wisely.

God bless you.

DISARRANGED DISCHARGE Code, design, tests, characters, music and sound effects by Murilo Soares. ©2025, Murilo Soares - All rights reserved

Buy, here

Source: disarranged-discharge

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